Press Release: Mural Completed for Cow Tunnel Underpass
Jackson, Wyoming: JH Community Pathways, Prospect Studio, and Jackson Hole Public Art are pleased to announce the completion of a new mural at the Cow Tunnel underpass along Path22. This new mural was realized over the course of a day by members of Wyoming’s American Institute of Architects (AIA) chapter with the additional help of Teton Science Schools’ Mountain Academy art students. The mural - titled “Cow in Motion” - spans the length of the underpass, which is located near the entrance to Teton Science School’s campus.
The genesis for “Cow in Motion” came from local architect firm Prospect Studio and Project Architects Zeke Nelson and Carl Kohut. In planning this year’s AIA Wyoming conference, which took place in Jackson over September 16th-18th, the Prospect Studio team looked for opportunities that would engage the state’s visiting architects with the local community. JH Community Pathways and JH Public Art offered up the chance to paint the Cow Tunnel underpass (historically used to run cattle) and the team came up with the idea to reinterpret English photographer Eadweard Muybridge’s “Horse in Motion” series. They created 8 stencils of a cow in motion, and on Friday, September 17th a group of 15 architects came together to lay the stencil along the underpass. Mountain Academy students Dolyn Kinney and Augustine Porter also joined to add whimsical, colorful graphics to the monochrome stencil.
“As a professional organization, AIA Wyoming seeks to engage the public in alternative ways to increase the connectivity within the communities we work. The Cow Tunnel mural was an amazing opportunity to do that kind of work in a fun and creative way working with Teton County Pathways, JH Public Art, and Teton Science School.” — Carl Kohut, AIA, Prospect Studio Project Architect
ABOUT JH COMMUNITY PATHWAYS
Jackson Hole Community Pathways is the pathways and trails program of the Town of Jackson and Teton County. Since completion of the first shared-use pathway in the Town of Jackson in 1996, the system has grown to include more than 50 miles of pathways that provide safe connections for non-motorized transportation and recreation throughout Teton County and linking to the pathway system in Grand Teton National Park. For More Information on Pathways, contact Brian Schilling at bschilling@tetoncountywy.gov
ABOUT JACKSON HOLE PUBLIC ART
JH Public Art forges partnerships for the integration of art into any environment to inspire lasting cultural, educational and economic benefits. JHPA is a non-profit organization and our community’s leading presenter of artist-driven projects in public spaces. We place artworks outside traditional venues of museums and galleries to provide access to art for all people. For more information contact: Carrie Geraci, Executive Director at carrie@jhpublicart.org